Alfred Eisenstaedt
Josef Willem Mengelberg

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Artist Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, born Germany, 1898–1995)American, born Germany, 1898–1995

CultureAmerican

Titles

Josef Willem Mengelberg

Date1932

PlaceAmsterdam, Netherlands

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage/Sheet:11 × 9 5/16 in. (28 × 23.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.928

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenancePIX Agency, New York.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Robert Klein Gallery on 3/11/1993.
Exhibition History"At the Still Point", Paris Photo, Caroussel de Louvre, Paris, 1997.

"From the Printed Page: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 23-June 5, 2006.

"The Sounds I See: Photographs of Musicians," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Foundation Gallery, September 20, 2008 - January 19, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, upper center: "Willem Mengelberg / Amsterdam Holland"

Stamped faintly in green, verso of sheet: "PHOTO BY: / PIX PUBLISHING INC. / 160 EAST 82 ST. / NEW YORK CITY / TEL. WICKERSHAM 2-3420 / PLEASE CREDIT EISENSTAEDT PIX / THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR / PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE / LOANED, SYNDICATED, OR USED FOR AD- / VERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN / PERMISSION FROM US."

Green label, affixed to verso of sheet: "PIX / PUBLISHING INC. / 250 PARK AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY / TELEPHONE: ELDORADO 5-4021"

Stamped in black, verso of sheet, lower center: "THIS PRINT IS RELEASED / FOR PUBLICATION / AND IS TO BE RETURNED"

The photograph is not signed.

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